Ink Review #2773: Van Dieman's Madam Butterfly

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Van Dieman’s Madam Butterfly is from the Encore collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Madam Butterfly is a deep plum purple with shimmer.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has gold, pink and green shimmer. I know it only looks like it has pink, but you can see the other colors when you shift the page back and forth.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm, as well as cheap copy paper.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and gold, pink and green shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Madam Butterfly is much darker than these other purple shimmer inks. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Lamy Al-star Purple with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a slightly dry flow.

Overall, I love the deep color and I find the three shimmer colors fun. It’s definitely a unique ink.

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